Apache Hadoop forms the kernel of an operating system for Big Data.
This ecosystem of interdependent projects enables institutions to
affordably explore ever vaster quantities of data. The platform is
young, but it is strong and vibrant, built to evolve.

Doug Cutting

Cloudera

Doug (@cutting) is the founder of numerous successful open source projects, including Lucene, Nutch, Avro, and Hadoop. Doug joined Cloudera in 2009 from Yahoo!, where he was a key member of the team that built and deployed a production Hadoop storage and analysis cluster for mission-critical business analytics. Doug holds a Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and sits on the Board of the Apache Software Foundation.